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Irozuki 日历 by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Irozuki 日历 by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 平面、插画与视觉传达设计 Competition Category.


铁平面· 2020

Irozuki 日历

by Takafumi Miki and Tomoki Mitsuhashi

Client: BANANA inc.

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 平面 Category

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Colors

The Design

About Irozuki 日历

《色染》是一款每月变换色彩的挂历。每个月都呈现出不同的色彩与表情,使这本日历在简约的室内空间中成为一处丰富多彩的点缀。每当一个月结束,用完的那一页便被移至日历背面。经过六个月后,所有纸页会被一起翻转过来,呈现出第二组色彩搭配。整整十二个月仅使用六张印刷纸页。日历尺寸为220毫米×260毫米。外包装设计成花朵造型,采用双层纸裁切而成,无论如何陈列都能保持其形态。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Irozuki 日历是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主,这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Irozuki 日历将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作,既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践,并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Irozuki 日历因其严谨而受到尊重,旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Irozuki is a calendar which is changing the color every month and having the enjoyable mood like an interior.
As the seconds tick away and every season’s transition, the calendar lives with you through the year.
Every month the calendar shows different colors and expressions.
We wish every one of your lives turns colorful.
Dimensions & Packaging
Calendar: 220mm x 260mm
Tags
Calendar, PaperProducts, PrintedMaterial, GraphicDesign, Typography, Colorful, Japan, GraphicDesigner, GeometricDesign, 2020
Production Technology
How to use
Step 1: When the month is over, bring the finished one to the back of the calendar.
Step 2: After 6 months, bring June to the back of the calendar.
Step 3: Turn over all papers together and the rest of 6 months starts with Irozuki.
You can enjoy the different colours every month after bringing a piece of the calendar to the back. 6 months later, another colour combinations will appear for you.
We could make this changing point by using only 6 papers for 12 months.
Design Challenge
The package design part was the most challenging point of this. We wanted to pack this calendar like a flower but it was very difficult to keep their flower shape because it must be hung.
So we designed a flower-shaped package’s basement with double cutting papers.
Then we could keep it like a flower on any display.
Research
We went to lots of stores and exhibitions related with calendar and lifestyle for researching about colorful calendars and products. And our friends’ houses as well, for researching reality. Then we figured out a colorful calendar would be able to be a colorful interior/product cheaper than stylish designers products.
We believe a simple lifestyle, a simple interior are very good choices. But we decided to make Irozuki as a beautiful spot color like a cool interior product.
Inspiration
We aim to make a calendar like monthly flowers.
We believe a simple lifestyle, a simple interior are very good choices. But we recommend adding Irozuki as a beautiful spot colour like a cool interior product.
Project Duration
This project term was from October 2019 to November 2019 in Tokyo, Japan.
Operation Flow
How to use
Step 1: When the month is over, bring the finished one to the back of the calendar.
Step 2: After 6 months, bring June to the back of the calendar.
Step 3: Turn over all papers together and the rest of 6 months starts with Irozuki.

You can enjoy the different colors every month after bringing a piece of the calendar to the back. 6 months later, another color combination will appear for you.
We could make this changing point by using only 6 papers for 12 months.
Patents
Copyrights belong to BANANA inc., 2019.
Team Members
Art Director: Miki Takafumi
Designer: Miki Takafumi
Designer: Tomoki Mitsuhashi
Image Credits
Image #1: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, Irozuki, 2019.
Image #2: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, Irozuki, 2019.
Image #3: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, Irozuki, 2019.
Image #4: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, Irozuki, 2019.
Image #5: Photographer Kyoko Munakata, Irozuki, 2019.

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